Tag: "TourismPolicy"
How should a Japanese local government acquire financial resources for a long-term tourism plan?
Travel Bureau Foundation (JTBF) organized ‘Tourism Resources Seminar’ particularly focusing on accommodation tax to give hints to local tourism organizations, introducing the accommodation tax with the fixed rate of 2% in Kuchan, Hokkaido as a case study.
Japan Tourism Agency requests several revisions in the duty-free rules to raise conveniences for inbound travelers
Japan Tourism Agency requests several revisions in the duty-free rules to raise conveniences for inbound travelers and to reduce burdens on duty-free retailers, including abolition of the upper limit amount of 500,000 yen for consumable goods.
Japan Tourism Agency requests 1.2 times more budget for FY2025 than FY2024, addressing new projects including accommodation business revitalization
Japan Tourism Agency has requested a budget of 62.8 billion yen in total for FY2025, budgeting accommodation business revitalization and building of build a new duty-free shop model in local areas as new projects.
The Japanese government prioritizes to send inbound tourists to local destinations and to avoid over-tourism, expecting record-high inbound visitors in 2024
The Japanese government focuses on sending inbound tourists to local areas and avoiding over-tourism, forecasting record-high 35 million international visitors and also record-high travel spending of 8 trillion yen in 2024.
Japan, China and South Korea agree to boost cultural exchanges with a goal to increase trilateral travelers to 40 million in total by 2030
Leaders of Japan, China and South Korea agreed to increase exchange of people among the tree nations to 40 million by 2030, designating ‘Culture Exchange Years’ for the next two years.
Japanese government starts issuing 'digital nomad’ visa to foreigners with annual income of 10 million JPY or more in 50 countries or regions
Ministry of Justice of Japan has started issuing ‘digital nomad’ visa to a foreigner with annual income of 10 million JPY or more in about 50 visa waiver countries or regions
Japan Tourism Agency selects 20 pioneer model areas for prevention of over-tourism
Japan Tourism Agency has selected 20 pioneer model areas and 51 general areas for prevention of over-tourism, such as ‘Niseko Model for usage of taxi’ in Kutchan, Hokkaido, ‘Equalization of crowd and ease of traffic jam’ in Hakone, Kanagawa.
Three prefectures in Hokuriku will start receiving bookings for financial aid package on March 8 2024, encouraging leisure travel in the earthquake-hit regions
Niigata, Toyama and Fukui Prefectures have decided to receive bookings for financial aid package on March 8 2024. The package will be applicable to travel from March 16 to April 26.
A tourism aid package for four prefectures hit by Noto Peninsula Earthquake is approved, discounting up to 30,000 JPY for a two-nights tour
To support the Noto Peninsula Earthquake-hit regions, a travel discount program is launched for four prefectures, which will be available from March to late April before Golden Week period starts.
JTB CEO talks about business focuses in 2024, from a product strategy to new tour routes for inbound travelers
JTB CEO Eijiro Yamakita talked about the JTB’ s business focuses in 2024 and business environment surrounding the tourism industry, pointing out three challenges for the tourism industry: worsening labor shortages, technology support, and sustainability initiatives.
Ride-sharing will be approved firstly for taxi operators in Japan in April 2024 and then extended to consumer-to-consumer service
The Japanese government has decided to approve ride-sharing service partially in April 2024. Firstly, taxi operators can be a ride-sharing operators in particular local areas suffering shortage of taxies.
Japanese government approves a policy package for measures against over-tourism, emphasizing joint tourism promotions with local communities
The Japanese government approved a policy package for measures against over-tourism with three pillars of manner eduction, more international visitors to local regions and joint tourism promotions with local communities.
Japan Tourism Agency suggests concrete ideas to avoid over-tourism in the cross-ministries meeting
Japan Tourism Agency classifies countermeasures against over-tourism as three concrete ideas at the second cross-ministries meeting on over-tourism preventions.
Japan National Tourism Organization draws up a 2023-2025 marketing strategy for inbound travel with three pillars
Japan National Tourism Organization drew up a three-years marketing strategy for inbound travel by 2025 to achieve the government’s goals, focusing on ‘strategy by market,’ ‘cross-market strategy’ and ‘MICR strategy.'
Japaneses ‘Tourism White Paper 2023’ refers to structural challenges in the travel industry, focusing on sustainable growth of local tourism communities
The Japanese government accepted ‘Tourism White Paper 2023,’ which refers to structural challenges in the travel industry. Power to earn in the tourism industry should be strengthened.
The Japanese government approves a new inbound travel expansion plan focusing on MICE and medical tourism
The Japanese government approved a new action plan for inbound travel expansion, which more focuses on ‘business,’ ‘academy’ and ‘culture and arts sports and nature’
EXPO 2025 Osaka Kansai promotes ‘Tourism + EXPO’ to spread its effects nationwide
Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition begins driving ‘Tourism + EXPO’ efforts in earnest to spread effects of the EXPO nationwide. Nobuhiko Hohokabe, Executive Director of Local Community and Tourism Department, talked about ‘Tourism + EXPO.'
Okinawa Prefecture draws up a tourism promotion basic plan to become a sustainable destination to be selected in the world
Okinawa Prefecture drew up ‘Okinawa Tourism Promotion Roadmap’ to become ‘a sustainable destination to be selected in the world' with KPIs of local communities’ happiness of 90%, tourism revenue of 1.2 trillion JPY.
The Japanese government approves a IR plan in Osaka to develop large-scale MICE venues in 2029
The Japanese government approved a IR development plan submitted by Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City to develop an integrated resort with an international convention center, hotels and casino in the artificial island ‘Yumeshima’ of Osaka Bay in autumn or winter 2029.
Chinese travelers entering Japan are no longer required negative certificate on April 5
With a three-jabs vaccination certificate, Chinese travelers entering Japan are no longer required PCR-negative certificate 72 hours before departure, and it will be lifted completely when the legal infection status of COVID-19 is lowered to Level 5 in May.